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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper
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It was easier to share disks between the two systems than to design a new filesystem, so Linus Torvalds decided to implement support for the Minix filesystem in Linux.
A hard disk's directory and file allocation tables contain the address information the operating system needs to determine where to store or retrieve data.
These disks are often formatted with Apple's DOS or ProDOS file systems, though variants like Pronto DOS and RDOS are also common.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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IRAS discovered disks of dust circling nearby stars, now thought to be an evolutionary step in the formation of planetary systems.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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The KARAOKE system plays digitally recorded disks that have the music and lyrics to each song.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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CTI systems that incorporate optical disks can retrieve and send copies of archived information, including birth certificates.
Measurements are provided on floppy disks for direct entry into CNC systems.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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So the presumption is that some disks we see around other stars might also evolve into planetary systems similar to our own.
While such disks might eventually evolve into planetary systems, are there any other planets existing today?
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Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
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Systems can also be configured to boot from one of the SCSI disks if the controller is equipped with a bootable device PROM.
The operating system disks and manuals have been removed, but these are new XT 8088 computers with keyboards.
Adding SCSI disks and ample RAM to such a system would be better value for money than buying a new P4 system.
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